Side frame for railway-car trucks.



BEST AVAILABLE COP 'N'nlalmo. BEST AVA'LABLCQBNTBD APR. 16, 1906.

A. STUGKI. SIDE FRAME PoR RAILWAY CAR TRUCKS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI: 2s. 1905.

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WITN ESS ES f @Af/ dent lof Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny,

act description thereof.

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Be it known that ARNOLD STUGIU, a resi and State of Pennsylyariie,'liave invented a new and useful improvement in Side Frames for Railway-Car Trneks; and de hereby de, claire the following-to be a `inll, elettr, and exi My invention relates to veide frames for railway-ear trucks, and has special reference to that class of such i'rsxnies as are made from one pi'eee of cast metal.

The o'bjoet of my invention is to provide Vfor .the taking'eare of the strains npon the spring-plank and truck-freine in going around.. curves, AEC., and, further, to in'iprove the oon-v strction of tin-.se two parts in order vto geta rigid, solid, und more superior Connection be tween the saine, so that the coni'iveing-bolts can be drawn up tightly.

A further object of the invention 'is to provide' a combined brake-hanger,bracket and bolster-stop which is .scoured to the frame in such a Way that all liability of the shearing of the connecting-bolts is obviated and at the saine time the connection between these two parts is made stiffer and more rigid than the ordinary connection now in'use, as well as allowing a wide bolster-bearing surface to be nsedwliich will take np any end Shocks thereon.

ReferringT to the drawings, Figure 1 a top plan View of my improved side frame for rail# 'Way-ear trucks.l Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the salme. Fig. is a ceinlrnlrerticel section 0f the-frame on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a face View or' the lnalie-lmnger Support. Fig. 5 is a top View of the saine, pnrtly in sec:- tion. Fig. is a lateral central soc-tion ofen@ .side of the truck. Fig. 7 ie :1 liorizceitnl section on the line 7 7, Fig.

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Specationi of 'Letters Patent. gpl-:mnu sied Mammoet. Serin No. 257,3?5: Y*

'iruck-framebracei of the same,"` 'l TheQhrake-hange brake .,6, as'shown in' Figs.' V1 to n 5, inelusiveyislseeure :by-bolts V(if to thefcolumnfpost web -Bfandit-heflange 1b.'- ,on the top part otheframe 11,whieh hanger PATENT @FICE j.

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the 1 and h fthe' tie-bar, While4- the inner one ofnthese olts .passesfthrough v'these parts and thronglithev spring-plank 5,l

such 'spring-plank i 5- .bein'gf-v located.vr m l the ing as aoombined sfing-.plate support and his errangemntof the,

boltsj protectsi the. neckllal oflthe `frame from;y Vbeinfbj oyerstrainedib indingbzleThe integral eo unen-poste or orrecessed,asiat` osts f'are made strr'nig y the extending Bange orWeb 3** strutsB are widenedv 2. A

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serves as a column-,post byhavingfornied* thereon vthe ywide.1bearingfsurfaeest 6115; for the bolster and fittngwthmthe recessed. pontions', so that thennmberof pieces is reduced to a minimum nthisinstance, While at the same time such. afittmg against-the recessed portion of the frame relieves the bolts the shocks imparted .by 'the bolster may bei in the frame 1 'the metal has lbeen put into tileY most favorable` cross-section; but 4it has' also been placed whereit does the lmost good in speaking of therame in general.. SinceV th e improvements made in casting metals this forni of'trnk-frameis formed so 'that there tioned, and this web is. tapered down frein the neck l and overthe journal-box stays at ont losing anything in strength. nother 'attirant-ege ,is the Apossibility of. widening *flange 1b of the freine 1, as at 1d, atwlll near" the center olf the same, where/it is needed t0 resist the strains dueto. the lurching 0f the ew. i on curves. This Piange tapers gradually from the ends 2 to the center, thereby avo1d- Eng awr-1ste ol.' material at the boxes and n wenn {rinne at the qenterns a. result and entennng of a good iastennig for g the i. lien sier brac-liet 6, its the overhang o? Sno. bri k et very. innen reduced theref .-95 en cli end of the frame 1 to save material with- IOO by. Such an arrangement the brakes.

. cast integral with the frame; but this is not brake-hanger 6 and bolster-stop is farprefergood practice, as many failures occur'on account ofthe hanger wearing out and breaking and the whole casting having to be scrapped, Besides this the loose bracket is uicker to apply than a whole truck side," an thereby time is saved. Therefore the4 combined able over a solid casting, as it embraces all the wearing-surfaces ei'iisting'on the truckand in renewing such a hangeroc# the side frame should last almost indefinitely, while this han er and stop will facilitate the removal Aof t e truck-bolster without rendering it necessary to drop -the same. Y

The connection betweenthe spring-plank 5 and side frame -is very important, as on strains are produced, which l the frame'out of square, s o in order to'resist these strains avery strong jointside frame casionally is necessary between these parts, and as thesev parts vary in practice it is necessarywto make one yielding, whichis done by splitting the channel-termin g spring-plank 5 near its end, as at 5, in order to form two sections 5 and make a iit between such plank andthe solid side frame 1. Furthermore, in order to get a solid bearing at the extreme points and to avoid a rockin motion, which would occur on'account of t e fins left in the center of the frame-casting, the space for the spring-plank 5 in such frame is cored out to form a receptacle 5", so asto get an absolute solid connection and to be able to draw the bolts 5b, connecting the flanges 5c of the plank 5 with the column-posts 3 up tightly. 0

The s ring-plank 5 'supports a sprlng-plate 7 at eac end and on these plates the trucks ringsS are sup orted in conjunction with tiie bolster A, w ich extends over the said springs.

It will thus be-'seen that my improved truck-trame is composed of comparatively few parts which are connected with cach other 1n amore substantial way than those heretofore in use, while at the same. time such parts which receive the wear are made renewable. It will also be seen that there are two kinds of strains to be taken care ofi. c., lateral and longitudinal-and as the former strains' or shocks are not so grr-.at as the latter'by reason of their appearing very gradually as the Vcarapproachcs a curve it will be evident that they will be merely horizontal forces, which will tend to bend the i Brake-hanger brackets have been A 817,405 BESTAVAILABLEcon truck side frame, but with comparatively little tendencyto batter theVWearing-surfaces against which the bolster bears. As the shocks in the longitudinal direction are more severe and occur every time thecar starts, the bolster is thrown against the vertical'members of the truck-frame with great force and with a tendency to batter the' same. Such a subjection in connection with a const ant upanddown movement of the bolster l soon wear' out the bearing-surfaces in taking such longitudinal or end shocks, and for,4 this reason these bearing-surfaces are madewide and renewable, as hereinbefore mentioned. i

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, si' 1. In a truck lthe com blnation o f 'a side frame, and a s ring-plank formed in two sections at its en s and adapted to be attached to the vertical ortions of said frame.'

2. In a truck, the combination of a side frame, and a spring-plank formed in two sections'by splitting the same at its ends and adapted to be attached to the vertical portions of said frame. l

3.. In atruck, the combination of a side frame having recesses orned in the vertical portions thereof, and a spring-plank formed 1n two. sections and adapted to be attached to said vertical portions on each side of said recesses.

4. In a truck, the combination of a side frame having recesses formed in the verticalportions thereof, and a spring-plank 4armed 1n two sections Vby splitting the same at its ends, which are' adapted to be attached to said vertical portions on each side of said recesses.

5. A cast integral truck side frame consisting 'of upper and lower portions which are joined by vertical portions andl which terminate-in end iece's for forming journal-box portions, andp said upper portieri having its upper flange tapered to a greater width at or near the center thereof than at its end pieces for the purpose specified.

6. A cast 'integral truck side frame consisting of upper and lower portions which, are joined by vertical portions and which terminate in end )ieces for formingr journal-box portions, andI upper portion for the purpose specified.

7. In ay truck, the combination with a'boly ster, a cast integral side frame, the same conj'oi'ned portions beingr provided with an inwardlyextending web, and a brake-hanger bracket secured to said extending web and to the inside llange ol the top member and forming a Wide wearing-'surface for the bolster to abut against.

8. .In a truck, the combination with a bolstops or` slsting of upper and lower portions which areA by vertical portlonsl and sald vertical loo IIS

a web on the'top face of' said ster, of a4 off-st .il trunk the of the said u perportion and forming beamsame consisting of upper and ower Qortions nfsurfaoes flor the bolster to abut agamst. to which are joine by which termzmte in and pfecos fol oz'mjng journal-box portions und said vertical por- STUCEI, have hereuntos'et m hand.,

tions being provided with an inwardly-ex- Witnesses: l tending web tfxereon, and a. bake-hange J. N 000131, bracket secured to said `web and to the lange R. H. AXTHELM.

vertical pozbons and; .n estimony whereof Lthe said ARNOIA?, 

